A Night in 67

07/30/2010

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1hr 25min

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Documentary

,Music

,History

If you thought TV shows in which audiences and juries judge musical acts were a relatively new phenomenon, you'd better think again.

STORY

In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name stars, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Gil. Appearing on such a program was no cakewalk, however: audiences could be as wild in their condemnation as in their appreciation of an artist. Extensive archive footage (including performances and behind-the-scenes interviews) from the turbulent final evening of the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music 1967 paints a fascinating picture, not only of the transformation of Brazilian music into real "festival" music, but also of a society starting to buck against the yoke of military rule.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Gilberto Gil
  • Caetano Veloso
  • Chico Buarque
  • Roberto Carlos
  • Sérgio Ricardo

    Directors

  • Renato Terra
  • Ricardo Calil
  • João Moreira Salles

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • VideoFilmes

    Production Countries

  • Brazil

LANGUAGES

  • Portuguese